With the Internet and all the possibilities and tools it offers, you no longer have an excuse to misspell. The network today offers countless consultation options that can help you, without costs and without the need to install anything on your device. The best example of what we are saying are online dictionaries , which are undoubtedly among the most useful resources on the Internet, since they are easy to use and provide results almost immediately.
When we write a text, whether it is a formal document or, why not, more informal on social networks, many times we have doubts about some words or expressions, we have to look for a synonym and we may even not be sure of the conjugation appropriate of a particular verb. When this happens to us, just as we looked at the volumes we had at home years ago, we can resort to the great variety of general and specialized dictionaries that exist on the net.
Surely one of the dictionaries that comes to mind first is that of the Royal Spanish Academy , the DRAE . And is that the RAE is considered the main authority to write correctly in Spanish. You can access its dictionary through its website , in the right corner at the top.
It is recommended to consult how to write complicated words or to understand concepts, but it will be especially useful to know how to write foreign words assimilated into our language, since the RAE dictionary is the normative dictionary of the Spanish or Spanish language. Apart from its web version, it also has an application, both for the Android and iOS systems , so that we can consult it from our tablet or our mobile when we need it.
Also worth noting is the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts that the RAE incorporates, which responds, from the point of view of the current standard, to the most common linguistic doubts (spelling, lexical and grammatical) posed by the use of Spanish, and which is really useful. It also allows us to remember the uses of the comma (typing “comma” in the query), the period (typing “period”), the capitals (typing “capital”), and any other graphic sign that at any given time to doubt.
If DRAE is the most traditional, the WordReference dictionary is the most modern. Over the years, it has become one of the main language resources on the Internet, as well as an excellent reference point for writers and translators.
WordReference is a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms , but among its options is also the dictionary of definitions, in addition to being a great translator to a wide variety of languages (English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Romanian …). It not only offers the meaning of the term but also its pronunciation and morphology. It even allows us to consult verb conjugations. All in one. WordReference is also in the app, for both Android and iOS .
As for websites, surely the above two resources would be the best options, despite the fact that there is a wide range of other options. It is enough to put in Google “Spanish dictionary”, for example, to check the infinite possibilities that the network offers us.
If we focus exclusively on the world of mobile and tablet applications, the range of resources is further expanded. We can find many dictionaries in Spanish, but we will highlight other apps that give us an added bonus to the usual basic functions.
For example, the Spanish Verbs application , for Android and iOs , specialized only in verbs, which allows us to consult the conjugations of the most common Spanish verbs , including their compound tenses, and a very complete grammar. There is a paid version (Pro) that includes more than 1,000 verbs. In addition, there are also versions of the application for German, Italian, Portuguese and French verbs. It is very easy to use and takes up very little space in our terminal.
Another application highly valued by users is Merriam Webster , based on the famous dictionary that offers us new functions such as voice search or the Word of the day, with which we are presented with a daily random word to enrich our vocabulary. Merriam Webster also has pronunciation, phonetics, synonyms and antonyms options, and a host of example phrases. It is available for Android and for iOS . One of its main advantages is that it allows you to work with it offline , that is, without an Internet connection .
In this article we have only talked about some of the multiple consultation options that exist online. It should also be said that most digital newspapers incorporate a dictionary service and even a translator service. Thus, writing a good text is a clearly achievable goal thanks to the Internet and the resources it offers us.
